Vocabulary, Academic Language, and Background Knowledge
Comprehension
100
Definition: Reading at an appropriate pace with appropriate expression.
What is fluency
100
Consists of the words you can recognize and correctly pronounce
What is sight (reading) vocabulary
100
Definition: 2 LEtters that spell a single sound, or phoneme
What is a digraph
100
Definition: the words you use when you write
What is writing vocabulary
100
Definition: Taking information from the text and previous experience in order to construct a mental image of a text. Word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, academic knowledge, and the reader's background knowledge all affect it.
What is reading comprehension
200
Definition: Speech sounds are represented by letters. English is an alphabetic language because symbols represent sounds. Sounds are called phonemes.
What is the alphabetic principal
200
When the teacher knows what skills to teach (defined by content standards) and assessment derives instruction
What is systematic instruction
200
Definition: one vowel sound formed by the combination of two vowel sounds. example: cow, oil, boy, out
What is a diphthong
200
Definition: The words you understand when reading silently
What is meaning (reading) vocabulary
200
Setting, characters, plot, conflict, resolution, theme, and point of view
What are the 8 elements of a story
300
These errors are related to the sound-symbol relationships for English, such as reading 'feather' or 'father'
What are graphophonemic errors
300
Involves directing student attention toward specific learning in a highly structured environment. It is teaching that is focused on specific learning goals.
What is explicit instruction
300
Definition: when two or more consonants appear together and you hear each sound that each consonant would normally make
What is a blend
300
a strategy that invites students to join in a book discussion and explore interpretations and reflections is called a
What is grand conversation
300
Definition: Identifying explicitly stated main ideas, details, sequences, cause-and-effect relationships, patterns, and elements of story grammar.
What is literal comprehension
400
These errors are meaning-related, such as reading 'dad' or 'father'
What are semantic errors
400
1. Re-teach what is not mastered. Use visual, kinesthetic, and tactile activities.
2. Teach things in manageable units.
3. Provide concrete examples.
These are examples of strategies for teaching vocabulary to whom?
What are struggling readers with learning disabilities
400
The teacher says the letter, the child points at it.
This is an example of what?
What is letter recognition
400
Definition: develops vocabulary knowledge by establishing shared meaning relationships between words
What is Semantic Feature Analysis
400
1. story retelling
2. cloze procedure
3. running records
4. Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)
5. Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
These are all examples of what type of reading comprehension assessment?
What is informal assessment
500
1. Weak word analysis skills- stopping frequently to decode
2. Lack of familiarity with content vocabulary
3. Lack of background knowledge
These are examples of what?
What is disrupted fluency
500
1. Take advantage of transfer of relevant skills and knowledge from the first language.
2. Teach vocabulary with concrete items, pictures, charts, and diagrams
3. Modeling
These are examples of common strategies to meet the needs of vocabulary standards for whom?
What are EL Learners and Speakers of Non-standard English
500
Definition: the process of decoding a multisyllabic word with an affix (prefix, suffix) added to the base word.
What is structural analysis
500
This is the foundation for understanding how syllables are joined in words
What is knowledge of long and short vowel patterns
500
The reading stage where students go back and reread certain things in text, learn more vocabulary, participate in mini lessons, examine author's style of writing, or identify memorable quotes/passages.